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Today's installment in people being booted off pubic transportation, this one involving saggy pants and the classic line, "My pants are up, sir." A 20-year-old University of New Mexico football player got thrown off a US Airways flight because the airline says he refused to pull up his pants, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Worse, Deshon Marman may face charges including trespassing and resisting arrest. A video captured by a fellow passenger shows Marman pleading his case to the pilot and a police officer, who want him off the plane. It cuts off before all the passengers had to leave and Marman got escorted off, all of which delayed the flight by 90 minutes.

Marman's defense: An airline employee told him to hike up his low-hanging "pajama pants" as he boarded, but he couldn't do so while carrying his bags. (One passenger says they were at mid-thigh.) But "once he was seated, his buttocks were at the back of his seat and nothing could have been seen, nor was anything displayed," says his lawyer. "The issue should have been over." This is not to be confused with the woman who insisted she wasn't talking loudly on a train because she is so well-educated or another loud train-talker who got kicked off Amtrak for disrupting the quiet car.

"Once he was seated, his buttocks were at the back of his seat and nothing could have been seen, nor was anything displayed," says his lawyer. "The issue should have been over." His lawyer is right, it should have been over then, but also isn't it true that once he was off the plane, back in the building with his pajama pants hangin' and luggage in hand that "the issue should have been over" at that point also? Lesson learned....."gee, next time I'll dress differently, since they don't like that." Unless they refused to give him his money back, does everyone have to pull out a lawyer every time they think they are wronged? That's the American way.

Reader32446311

Jun 19, 2011 12:55 PM CDT

This is another story about abuse of authority and violation of constitutional rights. This time it involves removal of a person from an airplane for wearing inappropriate attire improperly. His baggy pants were too low.How much outrage can mainstream Americans take and still say nothing. This man was polite, had broken no laws, complied with the request politely with airline police, and was still denied access to the plane because of his baggy pants being offensive to the stewardess. How many damnable Islamonazis are there that crawl onto our planes wearing BURKAS that conceal facial recognition? Watch the video below and then tell me if you think an American citizen should be kicked off because of the way they are dressed?I don't give a damn if the baggy pants are offensive to some. They are not causing any harm and pose no risks. The burkas and other Islamonazi garb are definitely a risk. Wait until they dress a man like a woman and put them on the plane with some time of undetectable weapon. They sure as hell don't want to offend a Islamonazi. Our police state must direct their attacks against our attackers not our offensively dressed American Citizens. It is offensive to me that the airlines let passengers ride on on planes with ties on. They could be used as garrotesto strangle the stewardesses. What about shoestrings? And they still let an Islamonazi ride fully dressed for civilian murder?The only answer is to get the ISLAMONAZIS out of our land. Butt cracks if seen are not deadly, just ugly, but then so are a lot of people's faces which are hard to differentiate from the real butt crack.

kati

Jun 19, 2011 10:38 AM CDT

I just always wonder - how do they walk, really, this is got to be uncomfortable.